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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Hey all! john (the hubby of Jen) here and it's my turn to pick today's sweets. It's finally starting to get a bit chilly here in Florida (60 degrees! Brrr!), and that has me in the mood to post a few icy beauties.

correct me if I'm wrong, but some of the elements on the Bumble look like fondant, so it's not entirely fondant free, eh? I love the light, simple ADORE the ornaments, but that little deer? OH MY GOSH, so sweet.. there's no way I could eat it!

There seems to be no bounds to a good baker's imagination and creativity! Wonderful cakes!! I think I enjoy the Sweets even more than the Wrecks.

As for 60 degrees, I grew up in FL, I know and understand what you mean!! Don't let all those cold, cold Northerners get you down!! It all depends on what you're used to. Go have some hot chocolate or a hot toddy...the key word being HOT.

Okay, so the deer cake is adorable! However... I fail to see the "winter" connection. Unless it's "hunting season". Which I have nothing against, but it is a cute little baby deer, and I hope no one is hunting cute little baby deer. Which are born in the spring...

ncflaggs said... but that little deer? OH MY GOSH, so sweet.. there's no way I could eat it!________________________I would have no problem eating him.. first his legs so he cant run away, then his body. Ill eat the head last so i can hear him scream the longest!

It WAS sixty degrees here a couple weeks ago-- now we have 20 degree highs and snow predicted this week. I hate that!

But I love that Bumble cake-- nuts and coconut-- like a big Almond Joy! These all look really cool, and I could get past the cuteness of that one to eat it, but not some of the others. I mean, if you've always been careful about not eating glass, well...just chew very carefully, that's all. :P

OK, it must be 27 degrees everywhere else except "chilly" Floriday, because it's 27 degrees in Omaha, too. And it's snowing. And with the wind chill, it feels like 20 degrees. Please post some sunshine cakes to warm us up!

The abominable snowman is the cutest. I didn't care for the bulb and electrical cord. It's very well done, but I'm just not comfortable with putting an electrical cord in my mouth. I'm having visions of electrocution by cake, unrealistic as that may be.

Wow. Just when I look at some of the cakes here, and think to myself, "Self, you're really not all that bad for an amateur cake decorator..." I see something like those Christmas balls and want to tear my hair out in envy! Gorgeous, simply gorgeous.

And the fawn? And the Fortress of Solitude? *sigh* Back to the icing bags for more practice, practice, practice!

Although you've had many comments about the weather, I thought I'd also add my 2-cents worth. I'm also in Canada and this morning I woke up to my radio telling me it is -38C with the wind chill. A little conversion and it ends up about -36F. 60F is t-shirt weather, -34F is go south for the winter weather! :)

I know it's been said, but little fawns (that's the word for a baby deer, folks) are born in spring, when the spotty patterns on their bodies mimics dappled sun through leaves, giving them excellent camouflage. I have seen fawns hiding near apple trees, where the falling apple blossom petals on the ground also camouflage them beautifully.

Looooove the Christmas light one. I grew up with those lights (as most of us did I would imagine!) and I miss them. My dad and I would sit down and choose what order they would appear on the string (green, blue, red, yellow, etc) and I would hand them to him while he screwed them in.

The deer one is so very cute and the Bumble one is great! And yes, it would be awesome if Superman came out of the top of the first cake! XD

those are so cool! that little deer is so adorable! i want one. and the light bulb is very well done.

60 degrees? you floridian wimps! (i mean that in the nicest way possible of course) come to south dakota where it's supposed to get to 8 degrees tomorrow with a wind chill factor of 30 below! snow and gusts of wind up to 40 mph. welcome winter!

flowerofmorocco said:amazing what you can do with flour and sugar. i just love the last two the ornament cakes and the Christmas light cake eventhough i do not celebrate christmas. i loved so hard when i saw santa's cakes, they made look so mean. sorry santa.

Cupcake Envy's cakes also taste amazing!! Anyone who was questioning the edibility and deliciousness of the last two entries can rest assured that they are mighty tasty!! They did mini-cakes for my wedding. There are a ton of amazing pics of their work on their Flickr page, and they're just awesome. They even teach classes!

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